Oil Pump thoughts

[78Brougham]

my ‘66 Polara had a nylon gear when I tore it down after I bought it. Not sure how it was a running/driving car, but it was.

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[Davea Lux]

Proof positive that Mopar big blocks can and do sludge up. Was this per chance a little old lady's car?

Dave

 

[RagTop66]

Proof positive that Mopar big blocks can and do sludge up. Was this per chance a little old lady's car?

Dave

That’s kindve what I was told at the estate sale

 

[live4theking]

my ‘66 Polara had a nylon gear when I tore it down after I bought it. Not sure how it was a running/driving car, but it was.

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That's just nasty. Mine was pristine in comparison to that.

Proof positive that Mopar big blocks can and do sludge up. Was this per chance a little old lady's car?

Dave

Do you say this because she probably didn't drive it enough to long distance to get it good and hot?

 

[Davea Lux]

That's just nasty. Mine was pristine in comparison to that.

Do you say this because she probably didn't drive it enough to long distance to get it good and hot?

Fact of life #1, Little old ladies drive their car to church on Sunday and never get the car warmed up.

Fact of life #2, Little old ladies rarely, if ever check anything under the hood.

Car does not get driven enough to get to a normal service interval in several years and the mess inside of the engine is the usual result. That is one reason I am always suspicious of really low mileage elderly driven cars. Usually what happens is someone buys the car and then drives the car normally and all that crud breaks loose, usually with catastrophic results.

Dave

 

[RagTop66]

Fact of life #1, Little old ladies drive their car to church on Sunday and never get the car warmed up.

Fact of life #2, Little old ladies rarely, if ever check anything under the hood.

Car does not get driven enough to get to a normal service interval in several years and the mess inside of the engine is the usual result. That is one reason I am always suspicious of really low mileage elderly driven cars. Usually what happens is someone buys the car and then drives the car normally and all that crud breaks loose, usually with catastrophic results.

Dave

This car did have 91,000 on the odometer when I got it.

 

[Davea Lux]

This car did have 91,000 on the odometer when I got it.

Yes, but it is 54 years old, that works out to about 1800mi per year, probably a lot less as she got older.

Dave

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Run some kerosene through that thing and change the oil a few times hot.

 

[RagTop66]

It’s been rebuilt since those pictures. I wasn’t chancing it.